Offers four ideas for students to share their writing. Suggests that providing time and ways for children to share gives their writing purpose and direction. (MG)

Uses proverbs to facilitate the development of inferential reading skills. Provides examples of proverbs which children have finished with their own original endings. (MG)

Presents three activities that link literature, technology, and the visual and performing arts. (MM)

Describes an English literature assignment which engages seniors in library research on an author, an oral presentation, and creating and grading a writing assignment. (MM)

Contains one-paragraph descriptions from six college English instructors describing successful lessons and techniques used in the classroom. Covers collaborative teaching with letter writing; notetaking and paraphrasing; a first day ice-breaking activity; a writing development check; linking assignments in basic writing; and a descriptive writing…

Discusses how to incorporate videotaped productions of Shakespeare's plays into the English classroom. Describes three specific ways of using video to complement the literary text. (MM)

Discusses the topic-based approach for primary classroom curriculum. Focuses on the appropriateness of the approach for the acquisition of language and literary skills by children with learning difficulties. (RJC)

Describes how to introduce a Shakespeare play by having students act out and discuss an edited, pivotal scene from the play. Suggests various scenes which are well-suited to this activity. (MM)

Describes a curriculum for teaching young children about dinosaurs. Activity topics included Diplodocus eggs, sorting dinosaurs, creating terrariums, and extinction. Describes the incorporation of dinosaur activities into other subject areas and resource materials. (RJC)

Provides a lesson to familiarize students in grades four-six with the many ways that artists use the technique of collage. Students observe and discuss ways artists make use of materials other than paint on canvas. Examines how the introduction of foreign materials to a surface affects the illusion of space. (LS)

Techniques used in dramatics are proposed as a means of opening up students' self-expression and improving linguistic production in the language class. Specific approaches and activities are described. (MSE)

Four French language classroom activities are suggested, including an exercise sensitizing students to the structure of poetry, a group of games centering on the Eiffel Tower, a series of activities exploring attitudes toward the Eiffel Tower, and a vocabulary and cultural awareness development exercise using the terminology of painting. (MSE)

Describes the importance of creative dance for the development of young children and the incorporation of creative dance in a preschool class. (RJC)

Uses the social studies educational guidelines as assembled by the Bradley Commission on History in the Schools in order to determine if students are being adequately informed about the United Nations. Concludes that ultimately it is the individual social studies teacher who brings the United Nations into the classroom. (KO)

Gives examples of children's trade books which can enhance social studies topics dealing with everyday life in past times, the impact of historical events on the average person's life, historical facts, and sensitive issues in the students' lives. Lists the National Council for the Social Studies' 1986 Notable Children's Trade Books. (KO)